Long before iTunes became the leading music retailer on the planet, people purchased cassette tapes, CDs, and vinyl from record stores.
Many people – rappers included – can pinpoint when and where they bought their first album and which artist they were willing to spend their money on.
XXL recently asked 14 rappers to list the first album they purchased.
From Hip Hop veterans like Bun B and Juvenile to newcomers like Dej Loaf, Logic and Iamsu!, each artist had a different experience.
The first album Bun B ever bought was Slick Rick’s The Great Adventures of Slick Rick. Dej Loaf purchased Da Band’s Too Hot For TV. Logic remembers buying The Roots’ Do You Want More?!!!??! and Juvenile says he bought Eric B. & Rakim’s Paid in Full.
Check out the full list via XXL.
For more Bun B coverage, watch the following DX Daily:
19 Naughty III was the first compact disc i picked up on my own.
Da Brat “Funkdafied”, the single was so dope I had to snatch it
I’ve been Hip-Hop since ’82 and I’ve bought albums before this.. but my passion came from this action:
Back in ’87 I bought MC Shan’s – The Bridge 12″ vinyl on Bridge Records… which I bought two copies because I just got my first set of 1200’s and mixer and put it to good use. Back side had Beat Biter… the LL diss record.
KIM…
Peace
Fantasy 3-It’s Your Rock were my 1st Dj buys. But they gonna try to clown us when they can’t name albums or CD’s because they STILL haven’t copped them because they internet pirate newborns…..the silence gonna be evidence
Da Band? Lemme tell you that says a whole lot about that one’s whole caricature. Your 1st album was a following off of a reality show. No one around you had some tracks huh?
Hood Billionaire by Rick Ross was the first Hip Hop album I bought.. After that I started using torrents to download.
kill yoself
NWA Greatest Hits wit the The black and white cover
A wack selection of rappers with the exception of Bun B to ask this very important question to